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Does the constitution permit him to lie about it under oath? Or you don't know the bone of contention?

Biodun556:
Also, section 28 goes on to make the disqualification of a dual citizen subject to Section 28 of the Constitution. Section 28 (1) talks about individuals who acquire Nigerian citizenship (by means other than birth) and go on to acquire or retain citizenship of another country (acquired other than by birth), such individuals shall forfeit Nigerian citizenship or shall renounce Nigerian citizenship.

In simple terms, Section 28 says that individuals who are disqualified from holding dual citizenship in Nigeria, are those who have citizenship of another country, which was obtained by either naturalisation or registration and then seek to acquire a form of Nigerian citizenship (and that form is by registration or naturalisation) and vice versa.


That individual has to renounce the citizenship that he held prior to the application for Nigerian citizenship, (if he is not a citizen by birth) or lose his Nigerian citizenship when he wants to obtain citizenship in another country.

In other words, only citizens by birth can acquire citizenship of another country and they are not required to renounce their Nigerian citizenship except that other country requires such renunciation.

Therefore, Section 137 of the constitution seems redundant because citizens who acquired citizenship by naturalisation or registration (which it refers to) can never be President as the first requirement for candidates for the presidency as contained in Section 131 of the constitution is that such a person must be a citizen by birth.


The above discussed requirement for the presidency has not been tested by Nigerian courts.

However, there have been issues relating to the dual citizenship of candidates for the National Assembly. These issues came up in Anthony George Ikoli v. Ben Murray Bruce and Willie Ogbeide v. Arigbe Osula & ors.

It should be noted that the constitutional requirements discussed above for an aspirant to the presidency are almost the same as that of an aspirant to the National Assembly. The only difference is that the aspirant has to be only a Nigerian citizen; there is no mention of the type of citizen.


In the two cited cases, the same issue came up; individuals were challenging the elections of the elected candidates (amongst other grounds) on the ground that the respondents had dual citizenship. In other words, though they were Nigerian by birth, they had sworn allegiance to other countries (United States of America).

The Court of Appeal in Ogbeide’s case held that with sections 25, 26 and 27 of the constitution, a citizen of this country by birth never loses his citizenship even where he holds dual citizenship of another country and cannot be disqualified from contesting election into the House of Representative on the ground that he holds such dual citizenship.


Unlike Section 137 which appears to be redundant for presidential aspirants, Section 66 which contains similar provisions is not. This is so because, since every citizen can aspire to be a member of the National Assembly, it therefore means that some of them can be caught in the web described in Section 28 which Section 66 like its counterpart 137 refers to.

Therefore, the only question Tinubu may likely have to answer is to explain why he allegedly told INEC in form EC-9 that he never obtained citizenship in another country.


It remains unclear whether the LP, PDP and the other parties could introduce the argument to favour their prayers at the presidential elections petition court.

Though the 21-day window for amending petitions has passed, if the presiding judges consider their argument to be sufficiently compelling, the deadline may be extended or waived.

It would be recalled that during the build-up to the presidential election, human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Kayode Ajulo, had warned President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, against the danger of picking a presidential candidate with dual citizenship.


Ajulo said there was a plot by the opposition to ensure that the APC was disqualified based on this just as was done in the Bayelsa Governorship race in February 2020.

According to Ajulo in a letter he wrote to Buhari, some of the aspirants either had dual citizenship or criminal records, which could be used in disqualifying the APC.

Ajulo then asked the APC to take into consideration the 1999 Constitution specifically Chapter VI, Part 1, Section 131 and which outlines the basic requirements to be met by a candidate to be eligible for an election into the office of the President in Nigeria. He said among others that these requirements include that the aspirant must be a citizen of Nigeria by birth.


Ajulo reportedly added: “Section 137 of the same constitution as amended, goes further to illuminate this matter by providing for several situations which doth render a candidate ineligible to be elected as the President, stating that a candidate will be ineligible: If he/she has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or has declared allegiance to such other country.”

However, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has argued that the 1999 Constitution does not bar Nigerians with dual citizenship from becoming president of Nigeria.


Fashola, while speaking during a television programme, said: “I know he (Tinubu) carries a Nigerian passport. I don’t know about dual citizenship. I know he resided abroad when he went into exile. I don’t know if they gave him American citizenship. What does that have to do with the results of the election? The last time I checked, I think the Nigerian constitution allows you to have dual citizenship. Doesn’t it?”

He, however, added that he needed to check what the constitution actually says on the issue of dual citizenship.



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Is he the commander in chief?

neolboy:
Benue people don too suffer for herdsmen hand. Chaiii.

I hope that Their elected Rev Father will do something about it

Tinubu's stay is temporary. Do not start demonstrating when he is removed. You've got it coming

And they have not banned Tinubu and Mahmmud till now?

UK is a pretender country!

If the tribunal does not do the needful, the next four yrs will not be productive because Tinubu gonna get dragged from beginning to the end

The Obidients are the most cerebral people in Nigeria and Nigerians outside

Alexiiydon:
obiDENCE will do everything to show they are dence I no blame them their leader no wise so I no expect the followers to be okay go watch the video Abeg

One person gave a statement but you attacked the whole Igbos. Why do you hate Igbos this much?

DaddyFreeze2020:
You are already a tribalistic and chronic bigot because you mentioned him as an Igbo man, not a Nigerian. That's the more reasons it will be extremely difficult for Igbos to find their spectrum in the game of Nigerian politics. Igbos are only good in business. They should stick to business and grow the Nigerian economy and leave politics for Yorubas and Hausas who are better matured in handling politics.

Story for the gods

Obi has come to change national politics for good!

Relax, Tinubu's declaration is temporary

AntiTerrorist:
He is an election rigger

As a notorious drug baron

As an embezzler of Lagos treasury

A master in bribery, perjury and forgery

Grand patron of thugs and cultists

But is karma real?

Baba nor still well

richie240:
Shame nor catch u!
Despite d insultive song, where are d 'songsters' now and where is 'emilokan' now?
Las-las e still become una president!!![
So who's laffing last now?
The joke's on u!

Baba wey nor well

Akungitit:
Tinubu has really taught IPOB goats the lesson they will never forget. 2 months after Gringory Obi was soundly beaten IPOB are still depressed 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We are talking of actual shutdown of irev so collation would be manual thus enabling results mutilation and manipulation in the dark, you're talking about sentiments. Run along, I argue with sound minds, people who base their argument on empirical data

theredaddy:
Maybe if Peter Obi defeat wasnt as clear as supersport HD maybe "rigged" who have been a concern

How did OBi begging bishop Oyedepo few days to election to help him talk to people in SW and his people in Kwara for vote supposed to win the election .. even Peter Obi saw his defeat ahead, obedient are just zombies incapable of seeing or reasoning

He is not wearing PICC

IyaebeTheGreat:
He wasn't deported but he was bundled.

But he is still unwell! His turn for how long?

Roboto11:
And it ended up being his turn.

Pls do not mention me, I have stopped mentioning you

helinues:
You are not sounding well with your comments.

Try and be reasoning them logically before commenting

Mynd44

Rule 8. Posting false information

Fake news by the Op. His link clearly shows he did not read his own link or he is mischievous[quote author=tamdun post=122725359]BREAKING *: Criminal Investigation of Nigeria's Labour Party started by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA)* London February 1, 2023

One of the forgeries of Peter Obi's Labour Party in Nigeria has landed it in trouble with the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).

Labour Party prepared and issued a fake document with forged signatures in which it claimed that the NCA was treating a money laundering case concerning a company associated with the presidential candidate of the APC. The suspects who prepared the forged document falsely claimed in it, that the company, Alpha Beta, had laundered money through British banks to some drug dealers in Colombia. The National Crime Agency discovered that the IP address from which the forged document was issued is that of the Headquarters of Peter Obi's Labour Party. A pre-action Notice has now been issued to the Labour Party. Should the Labour Party fail to comply with the demands of the National Crime Agency within 21 days, invitations and interrogations will follow. Nigerians for their part, are used to seeing hundreds of false statements, doctored photographs and mutilated videos issued by the Labour Party and its followers.

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c4n69pz1e7yo.amp


https://twitter.com/fattylincorn_01/status/1650548037155008524?t=-jPtmajjW7dE_evgYeOuEg&s=08[/quote]

You lie! If he shows considerable infirmity, the court case like Abuja 25% will be decided quickly against him

Okoroawusa:
If Tinubu like let him be on a wheelchair dripping spit, he will be sworn in on the 29th of May and will rule for 8 years.

Baba wey nor well,dey shout emilokan. Hand dey shake, leg dey shake..
Baba wey nor well, dey shout emilokan

Everybody knows Obi works out early in the morning so people are not expected to be many on the road. Besides, you did not answer whether those empty handed bodyguards would prevent bullets. You're just too mischievous

FreeStuffsNG:
This is a non Monday sit at home day in same Onitsha o
As you can see, these are ordinary people and they can not prevent bullets too

Can these bodyguards prevent bullets? You're being mischievous

FreeStuffsNG:
I actually thought sit at home in South East has ended.

Here is Mr Peter Obi on a walk out heavily guarded by sports wearing Bodyguards on a scanty Onitsha street.

nlfpmod mynd44

Tinubu is being pushed over to May 29. He looks spent inside!

Subsidy will not be removed in the next 2yrs. With a possible sack of Tinubu by the tribunal, he dare not contemplate subsidy removal

You guys have started another idolatry with Tinubu, just like you did with Bubu.

Anyways, the courts will remove Tinubu

Larryhoover:
It is indeed funny despite all the rumours about his health, he chose to ignore and stick with the Law 16 of 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green

Law 16.
"Create an air of scarcity around yourself to increase your perceived value. If you currently exist within an established group, intermittently withdraw so that others talk about you and admire you more. To do this effectively, you must learn when is the right time to withdraw"

He definitely understands how to play politics.

Because Tinubu collaborated with INEC to rig the 2023 elections, he akso brought the disastrous Bubu twice

LegalWolf:
Hi Nairalanders,

My question is a very simple one - why is tinubu HATED so much by Obidients? I am genuinely curious owing to what I've been reading on the platform and other social media. They make it appear that the country is doomed the moment Tinubu becomes president?

Is there something Obidient's know that the rest of us do not?

PS: No insults please. Just facts

You dont know how to make assessment

muykem:
Buhari is the best president on infrastructures since 1960. He allowed fulani herdsmen to mess him up on security.